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Subject: Re: PAC: Vote: CS 6 (except IPR)
I vote yes. Jon Bosak wrote: > > To: workprocess@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: PAC: Vote: CS 6 (except IPR) > > Since I need to put this in the draft of the bylaws I promised to > get out, and since (except for the IPR issue) the language I sent > out last Sunday seems to be uncontroversial, I'm going to call the > question on this part while we continue the IPR discussion > separately. If we can agree on an additional IPR clause, I'll add > that in later. > > Please vote on this as soon as possible by sending mail to the > list. I will stop taking votes Wednesday evening, but I hope that > we can get a majority well before then. > > Jon > > ================================================================== > > CS 6. Standards and Languages > > OASIS TCs shall be authorized to work in any language they choose. > The language of reference for a TC shall be declared at the same > time its meeting schedule is first proposed. Formal actions of > TCs shall be governed by the same rules regardless of the language > in which the work is taking place. OASIS shall be responsible for > certifying compliance with procedural and technical criteria. > > A TC that has approved and published a committee specification may > simultaneously or at some later time recommend that the > specification be made an OASIS standard. Upon resolution of the > TC to move the specification forward, its chair shall submit the > following items to OASIS: > > 1. A formal specification that is a valid member of its type. > > 2. Appropriate documentation for the specification, written in > the language of reference. > > 3. A clear English-language summary of the specification. > > 4. Certification by at least three OASIS member organizations > that they are successfully using the specification. > > 5. An account of votes and comments received in any earlier > attempts to standardize substantially the same > specification, together with the originating TC's response > to each comment. > > 6. A pointer to the publicly visible comments archive for the > originating TC. > > [unresolved issue to be decided in Paris: IPR policy for the > standards process; Terry Allen has said that he intends to > propose IETF rules] > > Thirty days shall be allowed for administrative processing of a > proposed standard. The proposal shall be submitted to the OASIS > membership for review at the beginning of the calendar quarter > immediately following the 30 days allocated for administrative > review. At the beginning of the next calendar quarter, the > proposal shall be submitted to the voting members of OASIS, who > shall have thirty days to return a ballot approving or > disapproving the proposal. > > ["thirty days" has been substituted for an occurrence of "one > month" in this paragraph per comment from Eduardo.] > > The TC that originated the specification may, by formal > resolution, withdraw the proposed specification at any point after > it is submitted to OASIS for administrative processing and before > the end of the voting period. > > In votes upon proposed OASIS standards, every OASIS member > organization shall be entitled to cast one vote. Individual > members (whether the membership is transferable or > non-transferable) shall not be entitled to vote in the approval of > OASIS standards. [new language:] Votes shall be cast by sending > electronic mail to a publicly archived list created for this > purpose. Votes may be changed up until the end of the voting > period. > > The results of a vote on a proposed standard shall be provided to > the membership and to the TC no later than one week following the > close of the voting period. > > If at the end of the voting period at least 10 percent of the > voting membership has voted to approve the proposed standard, then > > a. If no votes have been cast to disapprove the proposed standard, > it shall become an OASIS standard immediately following the end > of the voting period. > > b. If negative votes amounting to less than 10 percent of the > voting membership have been cast, the negative votes and > accompanying comments, if any, shall be forwarded to the > originating TC for consideration. After notification of the > results, the TC shall have 30 days to take one of the following > actions by formal resolution: > > 1. direct OASIS to approve the specification as submitted > despite the negative votes, or > > 2. withdraw the submission entirely, or > > 3. submit an amended specification, in which case the amended > submission shall be considered as if it were a new > submission, except that information regarding previous votes > and any disposition of comments received in previous votes > shall accompany the amended submission. > > If at the end of the voting period less than 10 percent of the > voting membership has voted to approve the proposed standard, or > if at the end of the voting period 10 percent or more of the > voting membership has voted to disapprove the proposed standard, > or if the orginating TC upon notification of negative votes takes > no formal action within the 30 days allocated for consideration of > the results, then the specification shall not become an OASIS > standard. This shall not prevent the same or similar > specification from being submitted again. -- Eduardo Gutentag | e-mail: eduardo@eng.Sun.COM XML Technology Center | Phone: (650) 786-5498 Sun Microsystems Inc. | fax: (650) 786-5727
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